International payments

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Soccer-Ronaldo breaks record as Portugal up and running with Ghana win

By Toby Davis DOHA (Reuters) -Cristiano Ronaldo drew a line under a tumultuous tournament build-up a...

25th November, 2022

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Australia to investigate reports pilots trained Chinese military – minister

By Kirsty Needham, Jamie Freed and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Australia’s defence min...

19th October, 2022

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Luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch docked in Hong Kong

By Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A luxury yacht worth over half a billion U.S. dollars belonging...

7th October, 2022

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Pope implicitly accuses Russia of aggression, imperialism in Ukraine

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis implicitly accused Russia on Thursday of “ar...

30th June, 2022

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France’s Engie to pay Russia’s Gazprom in euros this month

By Anait Miridzhanian and Benjamin Mallet (Reuters) -French power company Engie said on Tuesday it w...

17th May, 2022

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Russia takes steps to punish Google over YouTube ‘fakes’

(Reuters) – Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking steps to punish Google,...

7th April, 2022

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International SMBs are switching off from banks – to keep them loyal, banks should seek partners

By Steve Naudé, Head of Product, Wise Platform Banks have many different customers – from everyday p...

4th April, 2022

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Banks Are Losing Their Market Share on Large Amount Money Transfers

For a very long time, the big banks seemed almost untouchable. They towered monolithically holding t...

31st March, 2022

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Exclusive-ECB ready to set up money exchange for Ukrainian refugees with EU guarantee

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is ready to organise a scheme for...

29th March, 2022

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Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Friday widened sanctions against Russia in step with furt...

4th March, 2022

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Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

By Timour Azhari and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accoun...

4th March, 2022

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European, U.S. bank shares recoup some losses; sector braces for slew of sanctions

By Tom Sims and Carolyn Cohn FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -European and U.S. bank shares on Friday cla...

25th February, 2022